Welcome to Irish Wildflowers, with photographs and details of over 800 native and introduced wildflowers found in Ireland.

The common and Irish names are given when hovering over each image on the Images A-Z and clicking on the image opens an information page with more photographs, plant details and a link to the BSBI distribution map for each species.
To search for wildflowers by Colour or to see some of the species that are
Flowering Now please follow the links.

If you are searching for native wildflowers the A-Z Indexes show which are the native Irish wild flowers included in the website.
Most wildflowers growing in Ireland are also found in Britain and Northern Europe and
over 800 of these species are native in Ireland. Fifteen native species form the
Lusitanian Flora
and most members of this unique group of plants are absent from both Britain and Northern Europe.
The Sitemap gives easy access to all sections of the website.

Ireland has many different Habitats, each with their own distinctive flora.
The Burren in County Clare is famous for the wildflowers found on its limestone pavements and Irish peat bogs are still some of the most extensive left in Europe.